Combined coat and skirt hanger



5. J. BOHDAL cowamsn COAT AND SKIRT HANGER 7 Filed Feb. 14, 924

Feb. 17, 1925.

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Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

STEPHEN J. BOHDAL, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINED COAT AND SKIRT HANGER.

Application filed February 14, 1924. Serial No. 692,754.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN J. BOHDAL, citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Coat and Skirt Hangers, of which the following is a specification. Q 1

This invention relates to a combined coat and skirt hanger and seeks, among" other to provide a device adapted to support a coat in the proper shape and, at the same time, also support a skirt at the waist band thereof so that the skirt will depend from: the hanger without folding or creasing.

The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide a device avoiding the use of clasps or other similar fastening elements for connecting the skirt with the device and wherein the skirt may be readily engaged with or disengaged from the device without the necessity. for removing the coat from the device.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a device which may be readily constructed from a single length of suitable resilient wire.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter. r

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a. front elevation of my improved hanger,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the manner in which [the wings of the device are swung to receive a skirt, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevation showing a slight modification of the invention.

In accordance with the present invention, the hanger is preferably; formed from a single length of suitable resilient wire twisted togethermediallyto define a suspension device comprising a .hook shank 10, at the upper end of which the overlapping strands of the wire are continued to provide a hook 11. At the lower end of the hook shank, the strands are separated and coiled .to form closely spaced companion springs 12 having their axes extending parallel to each other and from the springs the strands are continued to define normally parallel shanks 13, when the strands are gain en terally to produce o po.

sitely directed wings or arms 14. At the free ends of the arms, the strands are again bent upwardly in a plane with the arms to define upwardly converging skirt engag ing portions or shoulders 15 at the; pper ends of which the strands are looped in the direction of the free ends of the arms to form overhanging stop members 16. From the members 16, the strands are then continued toward the shank 10 in substantially parallel relation to the arms 14 to form back portions 17 for accommodating a coat. The free ends of the back portions 17 are arranged to extend in the rear of the springs 12 when the ends of the wire are bent forwardly to extend between the strands at the lower end of the shank l0 and the springs in crossed relation and are then formed with rearwardly directed hooks 18 freely engaging overthe convolutions of the springs from the forward ends of said springs. Thus, the ends of the wire will be retained between the springs and the lower end of the shank 10 and, as will be perceived, the complete hanger, as thus de scribed, may be readily produced.

Attention is now directed to the fact that by grasping the shank portions 13 of the arms 14 of the device between the thumb and fingers and pressing said shank portions toward each other, the arms 14 may, as shown in Figure 3, be readily swung downwardly, when the waist band of a skirt, as conventionally shown in Figure 1 at 20, may be readily slipped over the shou'l: ders 15 of the arms. Accordingly, when the arms are released and are returned to their normal position by; the springs 12, the shoulders will, as shown in Figure 1, be disposed to extend downwardly and out wardly away from each other within the waist band of the skirt for retaining the skirt thereon, it being understood, of course, that the waist band of the skirt is fastened together at the ends thereof. Accordingly, the skirt will be supported onthe device to depend therefrom without foldin while,.if desired, the ends of the waist and of the skirt may be fastened together at such a point that the device will exert a slight stretching action on the waist band to maintain the draping or pleats, for instance, of the skirt, in the desired position. In this connection, it is to be observed that since the o each other, the springs will, when the creasing or springs 12 are disposed close arms are swung downwardly as shown in Figure 3, be moved into abutting relation and fulcrum against each other so that the arms will thus swing about the fulcrum point between the springs while, when the arms are released, the crossed ends of the back portions 17 of the arms will lock between the springs and the strands at the lower ends of the shank 10 for limiting the arms in their upward swinging movement as well as limiting the springs against separation. When the arms are swung downwardly to insert the shoulders 15 thereof in the waist band of a skirt, as previously described, the stop members will, of course, overhang the upper edge of the waist band to prevent the shoulders from slipping through the skirt band so that the device may thus be easily and quickly engaged with the sln'rt. Furthermore, it is to be noted that the stop members 16 will, when a coat is applied over the back portions 17 of the arms, support the coatout of contact with the waist band of the skirt so that should it be desired to remove the skirt without the coat, the arms may, without the necessity of molesting the oat, be swung downwardly to release the skirt. A coat is, of course, applied over the back portions 17 of the device in the ordinary manner, when the hook 11 may be employed for suspending th hanger with the coat and skirt thereon.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, I have illustrated a modification of the invention embodying a skirt hanger. The modified device is also preferably constructed from a single length of suitable resilient wire bent to form a hook shank 21 terminating at one end in a hook 22 and at its opposite end in closely spaced springs 23. From said springs the strands are continued to form shanks 24 from which extend arms 25, while, at the free ends of the arms, the strands are again bent to define upwardly converging skirt engaging portlons or shoulders 26. As thus far described, the modified device is identical with the preferred form of the invention. However, since the modified device is desi ed for use solely as a skirt hanger, the en s of the wire, at the upper extremities of the shoulders 26, are looped to form overhanging stop members 27, the back portions as illustrated at 17 in the preferred construction, being eliminated. n view of the previous description as to the manner of use of the device in connection with a skirt,

reaacea further explanation in this regard in connection with the modified structure is believed unnecessary.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A garment hanger including a suspension device formed of inter-twisted strands separated at the lower end of said device and bent to form companion coil springs having substantially parallel axes, the strands being continued in opposite directions from said springs to define companion garment supporting arms adapted to be swung down toward each other about a fulcrum point provided by the abutment of the springs against each other to facilitate engagement of the arms with a garment.

2. A garment hanger formed from companion strands bent to define a suspension device and again bent at the lower end of said device to produce like coil springs having substantially parallel axes, the strands being continued in opposite directions from said springs to form garment supporting arms and being continued from the outerends of the arms to form back portions for said arms extending above the arms in spaced relation thereto, the extremities of the strands at the free ends of said back portions being inserted between the springs in crossed relation and formed with hooks engagin corresponding ends of the springs for anc ioring said back portions at their free ends.

' 3. A garment hanger including a suspension 'hook formed of companion strands twisted together to define a hook shank and separated at the lower end of said shank and bent to form companion coil springs having.

substantially parallel 'axes, the strands being continued in opposite directions from said springs to form garment supporting arms and being continued from the outer ends of the arms to form back portions for the arms extending above the arms in spaced relation thereto, the extremities of the strands at the free ends of said back portions being inserted between the springs in crossed relation and formed with hooks engaging corresponding ends of the springs for anchoring said back portions at their free ends. r In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

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